Guidebook for Sorrento
Essentials
St Pauls Road General Store
69 St Pauls RdAbsolutely best hairdressers on the Peninsula. St Loy guests >2 days receive a $25 discount on services. Ask for Jodie for colour and the owner Heidi for cut. The complimentary head and hand massages are coma-inducing.
Hvezda Hair & Beauty
5 Napier StAbsolutely best hairdressers on the Peninsula. St Loy guests >2 days receive a $25 discount on services. Ask for Jodie for colour and the owner Heidi for cut. The complimentary head and hand massages are coma-inducing.
Best Fish and Chips in Sorrento. Mention St. Loy and receive a 10% discount on your order.
14 locals recommend
Fish Fetish
27 Ocean Beach RdBest Fish and Chips in Sorrento. Mention St. Loy and receive a 10% discount on your order.
Can't visit the Peninsula without a visit to the Hot Springs. Best time to visit is WINTER!
830 locals recommend
Peninsula Hot Springs
140 Springs LnCan't visit the Peninsula without a visit to the Hot Springs. Best time to visit is WINTER!
The lovely locals in here are mostly unpaid volunteers and are a wealth of information about everything Sorrento and Mornington Peninsula. Please visit the office and get all the information you need. The more visitors we have, the more the Shire supports this vital service. You might even see me volunteering there on Sunday afternoons! Oh yes, they often refer guests to me.
Sorrento Beachside Visitor Information
38 Ocean Beach RdThe lovely locals in here are mostly unpaid volunteers and are a wealth of information about everything Sorrento and Mornington Peninsula. Please visit the office and get all the information you need. The more visitors we have, the more the Shire supports this vital service. You might even see me volunteering there on Sunday afternoons! Oh yes, they often refer guests to me.
If your visit to St Loy includes your Lassie, Rover or Fido, please remember we have a wonderful Animal Emergency Service 8am - 11pm 365 days on the Peninsula. You may see me on Saturday nights if your furry friend has had a wildlife encounter, vehicle encounter, eaten Christmas pudding or ingested Easter Eggs (or stones, or fish hooks or other random items we find in them). I am the Emergency Vet Nurse on Saturday nights and we really do save lives at all hours.
Peninsula Vet Care - East Mornington
161 Mornington-Tyabb RdIf your visit to St Loy includes your Lassie, Rover or Fido, please remember we have a wonderful Animal Emergency Service 8am - 11pm 365 days on the Peninsula. You may see me on Saturday nights if your furry friend has had a wildlife encounter, vehicle encounter, eaten Christmas pudding or ingested Easter Eggs (or stones, or fish hooks or other random items we find in them). I am the Emergency Vet Nurse on Saturday nights and we really do save lives at all hours.
Entertainment & Activities
It is truly original. Where else can you wear your pyjamas, buy a choc-top ice-cream and park backwards if you have a wagon!
169 locals recommend
Dromana 3 Drive-In
133 Nepean HwyIt is truly original. Where else can you wear your pyjamas, buy a choc-top ice-cream and park backwards if you have a wagon!
Half-price Tuesday nights Get a free coffee and watch
the owner's arthouse selection, complete with his personal introduction. Book a seat and stick to your number. Locals have their favourite seats!
68 locals recommend
Peninsula Cinemas Sorrento
26 Ocean Beach RdHalf-price Tuesday nights Get a free coffee and watch
the owner's arthouse selection, complete with his personal introduction. Book a seat and stick to your number. Locals have their favourite seats!
Where else can you horse ride on a deserted beach in the middle of a National Park area? The horses have very good manners and are well-cared for. Gunnamatta accommodates experienced riders and novices alike. Tip: Take Aeroguard in summer to avoid March flies for you and your Phar Lap.
124 locals recommend
Gunnamatta Trail Rides
150 Sandy RdWhere else can you horse ride on a deserted beach in the middle of a National Park area? The horses have very good manners and are well-cared for. Gunnamatta accommodates experienced riders and novices alike. Tip: Take Aeroguard in summer to avoid March flies for you and your Phar Lap.
Go because it is great for families. St Loy guests get a buy one get one free discount! This is great for children and larger children who have not yet accepted their adult status. Serious pro golfers and novices are welcome to argue over what is acceptable competitive behaviour on a mini golf course. Ten pin bowling available with bumper lanes for little St. Loyals.
38 locals recommend
Top Fun
1223 Point Nepean RdGo because it is great for families. St Loy guests get a buy one get one free discount! This is great for children and larger children who have not yet accepted their adult status. Serious pro golfers and novices are welcome to argue over what is acceptable competitive behaviour on a mini golf course. Ten pin bowling available with bumper lanes for little St. Loyals.
Food Scene
They have the best view in town. And the best fresh pressed juices. And the Egg and Bacon mini-pies.
Oh, and it used to be the old morgue.
21 locals recommend
Stringers Store
2-8 Ocean Beach RdThey have the best view in town. And the best fresh pressed juices. And the Egg and Bacon mini-pies.
Oh, and it used to be the old morgue.
It has the best fresh produce and haven for foodies and cooks on the Mornington Peninsula. Great staff, premium ingredients and the best smelling shop in Sorrento. Go there for the fresh fruit tasting platters constantly out on the shelves and the beautiful fresh flowers. The best place to be on a sweltering hot day!
8 locals recommend
Scicluna's Real Food Merchants Sorrento
31 Ocean Beach RdIt has the best fresh produce and haven for foodies and cooks on the Mornington Peninsula. Great staff, premium ingredients and the best smelling shop in Sorrento. Go there for the fresh fruit tasting platters constantly out on the shelves and the beautiful fresh flowers. The best place to be on a sweltering hot day!
Drinks & Nightlife
It is original. Fireplaces are toasty. View is to die for. The food is great. Owned and run by locals who have taken the poker machines out of the pub.
166 locals recommend
Hotel Sorrento Restaurant
15 Hotham RdIt is original. Fireplaces are toasty. View is to die for. The food is great. Owned and run by locals who have taken the poker machines out of the pub.
Parks & Nature
The first shot of both the First and Second World Wars were fired from Point Nepean. Find out about the historical journey of Point Nepean, from the indigenous people of the Southern Peninsula to use of the Quarantine Station for new european immigrants.
21 locals recommend
Point Nepean Information Centre
The first shot of both the First and Second World Wars were fired from Point Nepean. Find out about the historical journey of Point Nepean, from the indigenous people of the Southern Peninsula to use of the Quarantine Station for new european immigrants.
It is across the road from St. Loy. Beautiful walking track to the best back yard in the world! Watch for ships, sharks and surfers!
Julia Grove
Julia GroveIt is across the road from St. Loy. Beautiful walking track to the best back yard in the world! Watch for ships, sharks and surfers!
Sightseeing
If you arrived from England with Smallpox in the 1800's, this would be your address!
45 locals recommend
Fort Nepean
Defence RoadIf you arrived from England with Smallpox in the 1800's, this would be your address!
Arthurs Seat Eagle has recently opened and I am lucky enough to work there in Guest Services. The most fabulous gondola ride to the best view in Victoria. Go late in the afternoon and experience the sunset in state of the art European gondolas. Great food and great guest services staff! Kangaroos, koalas, echidnas, beautiful gardens and breathtaking views.
139 locals recommend
Arthurs Seat Lookout
791 Arthurs Seat RdArthurs Seat Eagle has recently opened and I am lucky enough to work there in Guest Services. The most fabulous gondola ride to the best view in Victoria. Go late in the afternoon and experience the sunset in state of the art European gondolas. Great food and great guest services staff! Kangaroos, koalas, echidnas, beautiful gardens and breathtaking views.
A hidden gem of Sorrento. You may think you are walking through the gardens of the uber rich (and you are) but the land is actually public and the millionaires (probably billionaires really, as a million doesn't go very far in Sorrento) kindly allow us to peek at their dream homes and enjoy the view that they have paid squillions for. Enjoy it for free!
68 locals recommend
Millionaire's Walk
3498A Point Nepean RdA hidden gem of Sorrento. You may think you are walking through the gardens of the uber rich (and you are) but the land is actually public and the millionaires (probably billionaires really, as a million doesn't go very far in Sorrento) kindly allow us to peek at their dream homes and enjoy the view that they have paid squillions for. Enjoy it for free!
Shopping
Our gorgeous St. Loy guests get 15% off at White Nest. Handy, because it is impossible to leave Sorrento without something exquisite from White Nest. Everything in this beautiful store is handpicked by the owner Lee, who has had her own home featured in The Design Files and Australian Home Beautiful. I want/thought seriously about buying nearly everything in this seriously stylish store. There is one with different stock in Blairgowrie too! If only she would give me a job............ so many lay-bys for me to pay off!
14 locals recommend
White Nest
2829 Point Nepean RdOur gorgeous St. Loy guests get 15% off at White Nest. Handy, because it is impossible to leave Sorrento without something exquisite from White Nest. Everything in this beautiful store is handpicked by the owner Lee, who has had her own home featured in The Design Files and Australian Home Beautiful. I want/thought seriously about buying nearly everything in this seriously stylish store. There is one with different stock in Blairgowrie too! If only she would give me a job............ so many lay-bys for me to pay off!